Importance Of Child Soldiers
Introduction- Almost half of all armed forces around the world use children as soldiers. There innocence is taken away from them the second they are forced to not use their voice and are compelled to join under threat by the leaders of this terrible idea. When considering the question of whether or not amnesty for child soldiers is right, it is important to be specific because child soldiers are children who are forced to serve as soldiers in armed conflicts. These child soldiers had to do many things that should have never been done. Child soldiers should be given amnesty because their rights are being violated in many ways, the trauma they had to go through caused life threatening mental problems and survival for a child soldier took violence.
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For example, the article explains how the child soldiers didn’t know what was happening and all they wanted to do was survive. Specifically, the article “Coercion and Intimidation of Child Soldiers to Participate in Violence” states, “Commanders may initiate child recruits by forcing them to witness or commit abuses and killings in order to desensitize them to violence” (Salinas). This quote from the article is crucial to how the children had to be violent in order to survive, because it shows that the children were forced to be violent and fight in the war because if they didn’t follow the orders from the leader then they had a chance to get shot or badly punished. Violence was not only survival, but there rights are still being violated as well as them having to be forced to be violent if they wanted to survive. Additionally, the kids were forced under threat to do dangerous things and they wanted to survive which is why they did it. To be specific, the same article states, “To coerce children to participate in combat and commit atrocities against civilians, commanders not only use threats of violence against child recruits but also against their families as well as the possibility of torture and death at the hands of the enemy” (Salinas). This quote from the article is important because it also shows that if the children didn’t follow the rules that were given to them or if they didn’t listen then they would be threatened in different and dangerous ways. Child soldiers are victims and deserve amnesty because they were forced to do these different things to be able to
For example, the article explains how the child soldiers didn’t know what was happening and all they wanted to do was survive. Specifically, the article “Coercion and Intimidation of Child Soldiers to Participate in Violence” states, “Commanders may initiate child recruits by forcing them to witness or commit abuses and killings in order to desensitize them to violence” (Salinas). This quote from the article is crucial to how the children had to be violent in order to survive, because it shows that the children were forced to be violent and fight in the war because if they didn’t follow the orders from the leader then they had a chance to get shot or badly punished. Violence was not only survival, but there rights are still being violated as well as them having to be forced to be violent if they wanted to survive. Additionally, the kids were forced under threat to do dangerous things and they wanted to survive which is why they did it. To be specific, the same article states, “To coerce children to participate in combat and commit atrocities against civilians, commanders not only use threats of violence against child recruits but also against their families as well as the possibility of torture and death at the hands of the enemy” (Salinas). This quote from the article is important because it also shows that if the children didn’t follow the rules that were given to them or if they didn’t listen then they would be threatened in different and dangerous ways. Child soldiers are victims and deserve amnesty because they were forced to do these different things to be able to